local beach crabs in a reef tank
 

In any beach in the lower mainland there is an endless supply of little crabs...

years ago in my fish only SW tank I used to put them in there...

They seem to do fine...

Has anyone done this in a reef tank ????

those darn emerald crabs are pretty expensive... !!!!

Interesting I would have not thought this possible, from tropical water temps to northern pacific?

They will die after time, reef tanks are to warm. Theres a good chance they carry disease and its also illegal.

they lived for months... and I don't think it's illegal,,, it's illegal to put into the wild... not take,,,

people fish, crab, shrimp, etc..... (as longs as they have the license...

Ya, it's illegal

If you know everything why are you asking for advice???

One plus on illegal there's no licence to take non food items

There is a licence its hard to obtain more for marine biologist type people I know vancouver aquarium gathers some species this way.

Didn't know that but it's not for a old person lol

It's your tank to risk ... I'd never do it

Besides the fact that you're introducing different diseases that may or may not thrive in your little glass box, you're subjecting the poor little crabs to an environment that they are not genetically predisposed to survive in
All legal crap aside, the temperature off Stanley Park was 56F today

You might just as well put them directly into a pot of boiling water and melt some butter

Bad Reefer .... Baaad :twised: